Posts Tagged ‘Russia’
Sochi Olympics disaster: Photos of bad living conditions for Olympians
We’re not sure where the $51 billion went that was reportedly spent on the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, but we do know it did not go to the living arrangements for the Olympic athletes and media members. Russia has been lambasted across the globe for a plethora of reasons, and this only adds…
Read MorePresident Obama slams Russia for anti-gay laws and discrimination
For more than a year now, one of President Barack Obama’s primary messages has been about the equal and fair treatment of the LGBT community when it comes to both national and international laws. And during the Aug. 6 episode of “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, President Obama made that message very clear as…
Read MoreLady Gaga slams Russia over anti-gay laws, investigation threats
If there’s one group of fans that Lady Gaga holds near and dear to her heart, it’s her LGBT fans. She fiercely supports and defends ever since she rose to fame as pop star years ago. Now, Gaga is standing in defense of her LGBT “monsters,” once again, as she blasts Russia over its controversial anti-gay laws…
Read MoreGay Russian man raped and tortured to death
Although strides are being made across the globe when it comes to LGBT rights and representation, hate and homophobia are still very much a part of the social landscape. Recently, such feelings of hate tragically culminated in the death of a young Russian man who was raped and tortured to death in an apparent hate…
Read MoreProminent white Muslims
The topic of Caucasian or Anglo-Saxon Muslims surged to the forefront of the American conversation after a clear identification of the Boston Marathon bombing brother suspects Dzhokhar (alive) and Tamerlin (deceased) Tsarneav was disseminated to the media by the FBI. To some, a Caucasian Muslim is an oxymoron or the representation of two diametrically…
Read MoreBoston bomb suspects’ relatives speak out against Dzhokhar and Tamerlin Tsarneav
Perhaps out of pure horror and disgust or an act of self preservation, or a little of both, family members of the Boston Marathon bombing brothers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlin Tsarneav, speak out against their relatives. Tamerlin Tsarneav, 26, was killed early Friday morning in a shootout with police in Watertown, Mass. after he and his…
Read MoreWhat you don’t know about Chechnya
The province of Chechnya was catapulted to the forefront of America’s consciousness after it was originally reported that the two Boston Marathon terrorists suspects, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tserneav, originated from the area in Southeast Russia. We have since learned from the suspects uncle, Raslan Tsarni of Montgomery County, Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C., that…
Read MoreTwitter reactions to Boston terrorist developments
The two Boston bombing suspects were identified by law enforcement officials as brothers from Chechnya, Russia. The surviving suspect was identified as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19 (above) of Cambridge, Mass., a law enforcement official said. The one who was killed was identified as his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, according to the New York Times. The authorities…
Read MorePresident Obama seeks help from Russia
‘The Adventures of B.o.B.’ (part 1)
Tammy McCann Tells Stories With Her Gift of Song
Tammy McCann is a gifted vocalist whose powerful, sultry and soulful voice paints pictures and tells stories with a blend of jazz, gospel and classical forms. –tony binns How did you get started singing? I started singing through my first music teacher, Dr. Lena McLin, at Kenwood Academy. I sang a little bit at church,…
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